Re: Activesync Wifi - Tried it all baby!

Tech-Archive recommends: Speed Up your PC by fixing your registry

From: Chris De Herrera (chris_at_cewindows.net)
Date: 04/27/04 

Date: Mon, 26 Apr 2004 18:12:33 -0700

Hi,
Well you need to open more ports 137, 138, and 139 and allow netbios through
the firewall to allow the Pocket PC to see the PC to sync. The bad news is
that these ports have been a source of security concerns from hackers. 

-- 
Chris De Herrera
http://www.cewindows.net
http://www.tabletpctalk.com
"Vinit" <bint@idirect.ca> wrote in message 
news:uFKYT4%23KEHA.2704@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> Hey Chris,
>
> Thanks for the response - My computer is not NAT'ed - I have 6 static IP's
> from my ISP. One of those is my computer's IP. I have vxutil installed. I
> can ping my home computer's IP fine. I can't ping it by name though. I did
> enter the desktop's ip in the Primary wins server ip in the
> "start>settings>connection>network adapter>sandisk wifi card>name servers"
> section - still no luck. I did wonder why I can't ping my desktop by name.
> Is there somewhere in the registry this should be?
>
> Cheers
>
>
>
>
> "Chris De Herrera" <chris@cewindows.net> wrote in message
> news:%23r4g689KEHA.624@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
>> Hi,
>> Did you enter the desktop's ip address in the wins server for the Wi-Fi
>> connection?   Have you installed vxutil from www.cam.com to confirm you
> can
>> ping the desktop by name and IP and that you have an IP?  When you talk
>> about a firewall, well ActiveSync does not work through NAT.
>>
>> -- 
>> Chris De Herrera
>> http://www.cewindows.net
>> http://www.tabletpctalk.com
>>
>> "Vinit" <bint@idirect.ca> wrote in message
>> news:ejUOrR8KEHA.1120@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
>> > Ok, i know its been mentioned a million times on this newsgroup, and
> i've
>> > tried everything mentioned.
>> >
>> > Here is the setup
>> >
>> > ipaq 3870 w/activesync 3.71 wm2003
>> >
>> > Okay, so I can sync fine with usb/bluetooth and even dialup through 
>> > irda
>> > (for this i have to change a registry key under
>> > "HKLM\Comm\Tcpip\Hosts\ppp_peer" to show the hex value of my ip address
> of
>> > the machine i'm connecting to)
>> >
>> > I used to have "pocket hosts" but found out it doesn't work with wm2003
> so
>> > thats not installed.
>> >
>> > I've put my home computers ip address in the WINS field for my wifi 
>> > card
>> > and
>> > also the irda modem.
>> >
>> > I've changed every network connection to "work"
>> >
>> > I have no firewall blocking ports 9xx, or 5xxx.
>> >
>> > When i try to connect via wifi WITHOUT CHANGING the registry key for 
>> > the
>> > hex
>> > value of my ip address - it wont connect. When i do change it to 
>> > connect
>> > to
>> > my IP address it connects - Microsoft Activesync pops up, the green
> globe
>> > starts spinning, then I receive the following error:
>> >
>> > "Critical communications services have failed to start"
>> >
>> > Any help would rock!
>> >
>> > P.s. My internet connection is DSL - and i have a static "internet" ip
>> > that
>> > is bound to my nic card
>> >
>> > Cheers
>> >
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>
>

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